About an hour and 44 minutes passed from the time Bernalillo County deputies fired shots at 44-year-old Billy Grimm until rescue crews took him.

About an hour and 44 minutes passed from the time Bernalillo County deputies fired shots at 44-year-old Billy Grimm until rescue crews took him.

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Updated: 6:54 PM MDT May 8, 2015

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WEBVTT IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, CALL ALBUQUERQUE CRIMESTOPPERS. ROYALE: ONE MAN WAS KILLED IN A SHOOTING WITH BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES. IT HAPPENED SUNDAY NEAR TAPIA AND ARENAL. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER AARON HILF EXPLAINS WHY IT TOOK NEARLY 2 HOURS FOR THE SUSPECT TO GET MEDICAL HELP. [GUNSHOTS] [SCREAMING] AARON: NINE SHOTS FIRED BY A BERNAILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY WHILE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUNDAY. IT STARTED WITH DEPUTIES TRYING TO GET THIS BROKEN DOWN CAR STARTED, BUT ENDED WITH DEPUTY GREG GRUNDHOFFER SHOOTING AND KILLING BILLY GRIMM AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WENT FOR A GUN. BUT ONCE THOSE SHOTS WERE FIRED, IT TOOK AN HOUR AND FORTY-FOUR MINUTES FOR GRIMM TO GET MEDICAL HELP. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHY. HE NEEDS HELP. WE WILL GET WE GOT ONE DOWN IN A CAR. I BELIEVE HE STILL HAS A GUN. AARON: THE BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE DECLINED AN ON CAMERA INTERVIEW. BUT IN A NEWS RELEASE SAID, DUE TO THE FACT THAT GRIMM WAS STILL MOVING AROUND IN THE VEHICLE AND WAS STILL ARMED WITH A HANDGUN, DEPUTIES TREATED THE SITUATION AS AN ARMED BARRICADED SUBJECT. BILLY, STEP OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITH YOUR HANDS IN VIEW AT ALL TIMES. HAVE NOTHING IN YOUR HANDS. AARON: IN AUDIO RECORDINGS, YOU CAN HEAR DEPUTIES CALL OUT TO GRIMM SEVERAL MORE TIMES. BILLY WE WANT TO GET YOU SOME HELP MAN. AARON: DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO GET GRIMM OUT OF THE VEHICLE WITH HELP FROM A K9. NEARLY 2 HOURS AFTER THE SHOTS WERE FIRED, HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED. RIGHT NOW, DEPUTY GRUNDHOFFER IS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

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About an hour and 44 minutes passed from the time Bernalillo County deputies fired shots at 44-year-old Billy Grimm until rescue crews took him.